Long time, no update! (Ducks tomato) I had to catch up on some freelance etc. post Comic-Con, but now I’m back!

This comic features a special guest appearance by the super-villainous star of Aiden Casserly’s webcomic SCAPULA! A long time favorite of mine, it’s full of nefarious types and mayhem. I especially love his girl-villains Knuckle Sam and Jemini. They are my kind of women- full-figured and evil. I hope they can come over to play sometime.

Franky’s job search is about to take a detour via Metropolis. Or Gotham. Lots of super-powered shenanigans is what I’m talking about.
But will Frankenstein be a hero, or a villain?

Oh, God, The Vanisher. Now there’s an entry in the Villain Hall of Shame. Of course, my view of him may be colored by the first time I saw him in Spidey Super Stories, where his caper was to take as many books from the public library as he wanted, without a library card.

Thank Zod, someone got that right away!
As I was pushing it live I thought, “this is a bad reference, because I’m going to have to explain it to everybody.”
You have made my day.
And yes, someone actually lent me a big box of Mad magazines from the 70′s & 80′s, and I’ve been talking about them in class. According to Wikipedia, Harvey Kurtzman invented modern American satirical humor in Mad.

Sheesh. Now I feel old. I read those when they were new on the shelves. Potrzebie is one of those words that will be ingrained in my subconscious forever. That made me feel briefly like a kid again. I liked it!

I remember discovering Mad in the 70′s. I thought I had unearthed this amazingly subversive, grown up thing, despite the zany humor. It really was a great feeling. A haven of heady satire to temporarily escape my unpleasant ghetto life. And all for just a few cents. Cheap!

Now I want to read some of Those great stories again, like Mole! And Heap!

Dude! Awesome job! I’m so flattered to have Scap wiped out by such a badass-looking Creature from the Black Lagoon hero! Supreme honor, amigo.

The Harvey Kurtzman reference also made my day.

I, too, remember the Vanisher. I don’t know why he wore a cobra-themed costume…I don’t know why he thought he could take on the X-Men…come to think of it, nothing about the guy made much sense. No wonder Magneto didn’t try to recruit him.

All in all, super-smashing-awesome comic, and Jemini and Knuckle Sam are welcome to come play any ol’ day!